A Quad Cities businessman plans to open a high-tech craft beer garden in downtown Davenport this fall as part of his new barbeque restaurant. Dan Bush says he’s wiring the kegs to special software that will monitor the beer volume and beam that information to the web. Bush says lovers of certain brews will never […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa State University is proposing an increase in tuition for undergraduate residents of seven percent for each of the next five years. Interim president Ben Allen unveiled the proposal during the second Board of Regents Tuition Task Force meeting. He says the proposed increases are based on a couple of assumptions. “Our general operating state […]Powered by WPeMatico
Scientists says the largest-ever dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is now about the size of New Jersey. They blame nutrient pollution coming primarily from farms, as well as urban and suburban runoff. Iowa Soybean Association President Rolland Schnell says he’s concerned agriculture is being unfairly blamed for a large part of that oxygen-starved […]Powered by WPeMatico
Supporters of an effort to save a 125 year old bridge in central Iowa have learned a plan to move the structure by helicopter isn’t a viable option. The 212-foot Red Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, spans the South Skunk River northeast of Monroe. It’s long been closed, but now it’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The choices for a new license design will be revealed Thursday. The governor and the Iowa Department of Transportation announced they will reveal the three designs proposed for the new plates at the Iowa State Fair. The DOT announced earlier this year it planned phase out the 20-year-old design for the standard plates that now […]Powered by WPeMatico
The woman who directed outreach to African American voters in Iowa for President Obama’s 2012 campaign is running to be the state’s top election official. Democrat Deidre DeJear of Des Moines says if she’s elected as Iowa’s Secretary of State, encouraging Iowa voters to participate in ALL elections will be her top goal. “Getting people engaged […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa State Patrol says a single-vehicle crash has claimed the life of a Charles City woman near Iowa City on Tuesday night. Troopers say 35-year-old Tiffany L. Beckles was operating a 2006 Mercury Mountaineer, driving westbound on Highway 1 when her vehicle left the roadway into the west ditch, striking a DOT sign and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans can now use the internet to access dozens of unique items from Iowa and U.S. history. The collection contains 174 items — including rare photographs, maps, audio recordings and documents. Jennifer Cooley, the education and outreach manager for the State Historical Museum of Iowa, says the items are considered “primary sources” which help researchers […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 29-year-old Minnesota man now faces criminal charges for a weekend car crash in Minnesota that claimed the life of an Iowa woman. Brandon Patrick Dellwo of Shakopee is accused of criminal vehicular homicide. According to the complaint, Dellwo was driving drunk and going the wrong way on Highway 19 near Lonsdale in Rice County […]Powered by WPeMatico
